Black screen with "Insert boot disk"

Hi, there everyone!
So here's the epilogue to my story.
I wanted to install Windows 7 on my late 2011 MBP running Lion. Went to Bootcamp to get the process done, as I get there I see that I'm lacking the option to make a start up disk on a usb, so I looked up ways to change that. After many days of searching and trying I stumbled upon the option to change coding on  the info.plist file inside the package contents of Bootcamp. When I was done changing a few things (as directed to online) Bootcamp then no longer would open, only bounce on the dock then close. I tried turning back the clock with Time Machine with no avail. I was left with an error built into the system, and thus forcing me to upgrade to Mavericks.
Now my current issue:
After upgrading, I once again tried to change BC to allow me to use a USB instead of a DVD to install Windows. Once again, desperately, I changed the info.plist in Bootcamp (leaving an original copy of the file, and changing the duplicate) in order to do so. This time with success!
After already having saved the "latest Windows support software from Apple" from when I was on Lion, I skipped this step and proceeded to transfer the .iso file I had to the usb thumb drive. Successful!
From there, I then went on to partition 35 GB of space on my HD to windows and just let the magic happen!
Only (this is were the real question comes in) when the system restarted, post-partition, I was left with (as the title says) the black screen with "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"
So my question is: Where is the "any" key???
Haha sorry about that, just had to!
But in all seriousness, I was left with the Boot screen and my usb drive sticking out of it containing the file needed to boot Windows 7.
I've tried everything I possibly could:
Restarting on mac, ejecting USB, then sticking it in when the boot screen comes up.
Putting the .iso on a DVD and trying it the original way.
Restarting with no DVD or USB in then placing them in after the boot screen.
Even restoring my partition, repartitioning the HD, and then re-installing the .iso file on the thumb drive once more all over again in an attempt to get it working.
All with no luck.
I've been scouring all over the internet looking for the solution for days to this problem before I took it upon myself to ask the community.
If anyone can offer any insight to what else is left for me to try with Bootcamp would be immensely, appreciated!
If worst comes to worst I may be forced to try Parallels or VMWare Fusion to get Windows 7 running on Mac, but I would much rather have Windows running independently on my Mac for games, rather than having a Virtual Machine slow down the gaming experience.
Thank you!
(P.S. And sorry about the length!)

So, I decided to restore my Mac into factory settings?
If you want to do that, you have to boot the Mac from your Mac OS X Install disc by inserting the disc, then restart while holding down the 'C' key until you see the Apple logo. Then you choose your language (English) and let the installer do it's thing.
To remove a CD that failed to eject, you startup the Mac while holding down the mouse button (trackpad button on a laptop) until the drive ejects.
So, I tried boot camp.
Don't do that. Boot Camp has nothing to do with this; it's for running Windows on your Mac.
I tried to press the on button, to try and force shut down - failed.
You have to hold it for about 6 seconds for it to shutdown. Did you do that?
I tried pressing the Option key, which I assume is the key with the alt on it, right??
Why would you need the Option key for this?

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